BIOGRAPHY - ENGLISH
Award winning cellist, Amalie Stalheim (b. 1993) has appeared as soloist with orchestras including Gulbenkian Orquestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Swedish Radio Orchestra, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, among others.
Highlights in season 24/25 is solo performances with Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Arctic Philharmonic orchestra, Antalya Symphony Orchestra, Jönköping Sinfonietta, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Nordic Chamber Orchestra, Norrland Opera Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra.
Amalie is the winner of the Norwegian Soloist Prize 2021, named BBC Music Magazine "Rising Star" 2021, winner of Swedish Soloist Prize 2018, Ljunggren Competition 2015, Nicholas A. Firmenich Prize from the Verbier Festival 2015.
In addition to perform the traditional cello concertos, Amalie is frequently playing and also commissioning new written music from the 21st century. She has collaborated with some of the greatest composers of today, such as Missy Mazzoli, Kaija Saariaho, Britta Byström, Anders Hillborg, Tebogo Monnakgotla, Anna Berg, Jo David Meyer, Marcus Paus, Lasse Thorsen, Jostein Stalheim, Therese Ulvo Birkelund.
Stalheim has been awarded prizes and scholarships from international festivals and foundations, such as “Firmenich Prize” at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, Anders Wall "Giresta" Scholarship in 2019, Forsberg & Aulies Scholarship in 2020, Fegersten Scholarship in 2018 and Sollentuna Culture Scholarship in 2018.
During the season 2018-2020, Amalie Stalheim was “Artist in Residence” at the Swedish Radio classical music channel, P2.
Amalie Stalheim plays on a cello built by F. Ruggieri (1687) generously lent to her by Anders Sveaas Foundation in Norway.
BIOGRAFI - NORSK
Den prisbelønte cellisten Amalie Stalheim (f. 1993 i Bergen) har etablert seg som en av de fremste musikerne i Norden. I tillegg til å fremføre de tradisjonelle cellokonsertene som solist i Europa, har Amalie et brennende engasjement for å bestille og spille nyskrevet, klassisk musikk. Hun har samarbeidet med noen av de fremste komponistene i dag som for eksempel Missy Mazzoli, Anders Hillborg, Britta Byström, Therese Ulvo, Jo David Meyer, Jostein Stalheim, og hun har de siste årene premiert 8 cellokonserter og spilt inn flere av dem på plate.
Amalie blir jevnlig invitert som solist med alle de fremste profesjonelle symfoniorkestrene i Norden, som Oslo filharmonien, Kungliga Filharmonikarna, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Oulu Symphony Orchestra, Island Symfoniorkester, Bergen Filharmoniske orkester for å nevne noen.
Høydepunkter i sesongen 2023/2024 er solistoppdrag med for eksempel Island Symfoniorkesster, Turku Filharmoniske orkester, Ankara Symphony Orchestra, Sveriges Radios symfoniorkester, Malmø symfoniorkster, Helsingborg symfoniorkester, Trondheimsolistene.
I 2021 vant hun Den Norske Solistprisen, i 2018 vant hun Det svenske Solistpris. Stalheim har vært Sveriges Radio P2’s Artist in Residence 2018-2020.
Hun spiller på en cello bygget av F. Ruggieri (1687) svært generøst utlånt til henne av Anders Sveaas Almennyttige Fond.
